in:
Oxford [u.a.]:
2003
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435 - 448 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Ryan, Denise |
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| Jahr: | 2003 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Two of the surviving English nativity plays tell the story of the doubting midwife who witnesses, literally first-hand, the miracle of mary's virginity at the birth of christ. Beyond imparting the lesson of the necessity of faith, the plays communicate the compelxity of the midwife's role in the Chester and early modern England. The portrayal of the midwife's role in the the Chester and N-town version of the Nativity, considered in relation to evidence from records of civic and parish administration, gives a striking sense of the multiple roles real-life midwives were obliged to play and the competing intersts they were bound to serve. This article examines the modes of presentation of the midwives in the Nativity plays in terms of their broad cultural resonance, the language used by the midwives to introduce their roles to the audience... | |
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